Patents by Inventor Bård Marius JOHANSEN

Bård Marius JOHANSEN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • A-annulus cementing without pumping cement
    Patent number: 11746617
    Abstract: A method of plugging a well includes lowering a solid body into a wellbore by wireline; and filling the space around the solid body with a liquid plugging material. The solid body and the liquid plugging material together form a plug after the liquid plugging material is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: EQUINOR ENERGY AS
    Inventor: Bård Marius Johansen
  • ACTIVELY CONTROLLED BAILER
    Publication number: 20220412178
    Abstract: A container device for transporting and releasing a plugging material into a well includes a longitudinal chamber for containing the plugging material, the chamber including a tubular wall extending in a longitudinal direction and at least one opening for releasing the plugging material from the chamber; a lower seal extending across the opening and closing the chamber in a closed configuration; a pressure application mechanism provided at an upper portion of the container device for pressurising at least part of the device and expelling the plugging material; and a connector provided at an upper portion of the container device for attaching the container device to an elongate member for lowering into a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Equinor Energy AS
    Inventors: Rune GODØY, Bård Marius JOHANSEN, Morten EIDEM, Gjermund GRIMSBO
  • A-ANNULUS CEMENTING WITHOUT PUMPING CEMENT
    Publication number: 20220003068
    Abstract: A method of plugging a well includes lowering a solid body into a wellbore by wireline; and filling the space around the solid body with a liquid plugging material. The solid body and the liquid plugging material together form a plug after the liquid plugging material is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Equinor Energy AS
    Inventor: Bård Marius JOHANSEN